[Prevalence of neurocysticercosis among epileptic in-patients in the west of Santa Catarina--southern Brazil].

Abstract:

:Neurocysticercosis (NC) is an endemic condition in several areas of Brazil. It is most likely the major responsible for the high prevalence of epilepsy in our country, estimated in 1-2% of general population. We performed a study to evaluate NC as aetiology of epilepsy in the west of Santa Catarina. This state belong to southern Brazil and it has a very developed economy. However, due the widespread swine farming in the west district, many of them without any sanitary control, the national health authorities have considered all this area at risk to NC. The study was carried out in Chapecó, the main town in that region, where CT Scan service was started in 1995. All patients put on hospital care due epileptic seizures in 1995-96 were considered. Febrile convulsions were excluded of the sample. We found a very expressive prevalence rate of NC among patients suffering from epilepsy. Roughly 24% of these patients, showed unequivocal tomography evidences for the diagnosis of NC. Our data suggest cysticercosis as a real endemic trouble in the area and, overdosis of information in proper language, diffuse to the whole population, seems to be the only remedy to fight against it. Moreover, we should pay special attention to everyone related to swine farming, does not matter how this activity has been classified.

journal_name

Arq Neuropsiquiatr

authors

Trevisol-Bittencourt PC,da Silva NC,Figueredo R

doi

10.1590/s0004-282x1998000100008

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1998-03-01 00:00:00

pages

53-8

issue

1

eissn

0004-282X

issn

1678-4227

journal_volume

56

pub_type

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